involving screams, but sounds with the same amount of decibel to see if the reaction comes by a distinguish sound or decibel level. On the other hand, the experiment does show and interesting point, and that is how the different levels affect on different situations. How in some cases one can affect, but be totally numb on the other situation. The experiment that I liked the most was the monkey experiment, as it shows nature in its raw content, even though us humans are animals, we are contaminated
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organs. Mosquitoes engage in an active, metabolically driven hearing; the antennae filaments are tuned, and adjusted to various frequencies and sound levels. For a long time, females were thought to be deaf, but a 2006 study by Gabriella Gibson and Ian Russell, published in “Current Biology,” demonstrated that females can hear. Flight Tones The buzzing sound of mosquitoes is caused by the vibration of their wings, and is termed a flight tone. The flight tone of female mosquitoes is about 400 Hertz
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to assume that the effects of music, and thus sound, on plants, might be beneficial, instead of merely “dancing”. A good gauge of this is plant growth, which can be measured in a number of ways: number, size and weight of fruits, storage duration and photosynthetic ability of the leaves, among other methods. Researches on these variables have been carried out since the first commercial experiment in 1972 by Charnoe, who studied the effects of sound waves on budding of barley. Subsequently, Carlson
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As I walk straight through the old rusted, stained door. I stand right in front of what looks like a large tower. I hear what sounds like a pack of wild dogs. When I walked around the wooden corner I only see three. One which has three brown spots, and the rest of its body is black. He looks at me like he wants me to walk the five steps over to him and take him out of the vets office. I look around the office and I see more and more pets screaming “ Help me, Help me”. They have those deep brown eyes
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sitting quietly. Climbing in the branches or building a blanket fort, that tree was my tree, it was my special place. Reflecting on my time spent under that tree, was I Blackfeet listening and I didn’t even know it? When I would truly listen to the sounds around me, I would hear the birds singing in the forest, the crickets chirping or the wind rustling the leaves of the tree. Was the forest talking to me? According to Two Bears, Blackfeet listening can be done Just about anywhere where sitting and
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There was a kind of muffled sound. A sort of banging. And the world was moving weirdly, except for the wall I was sitting against. Wait, no, I'm moving. I'm rocking back and forth. And I'm.... in my room. Okay, when did that happen? The muffled sound becomes more distinct and sharpens into a grating, insistent shouting. "Cain! Cain, open this damn door up, I swear to God! Cain!" I wince and place my hands over my ears. Ugh, okay so that was George. What an ass. Thinking he can tell me what to
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Hearing has different physical aspects, pitch perceptions and different ways to lose hearing. Physical Aspects of Sound Sound can be defined in many ways. It is defined through
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He had to climb the tree with the last bit of energy he had, but he got four mangos and scarfed them all down. They tasted like sweet juicy water and now he felt good. Second Jonas had to find water, so he followed the sound of the stream and soon enough he found water. He drank as much as he could and filled his small canteen with as much as it could hold. Now he could go find Gabe. “Where could Gabe be?” he said to himself. He thought that he might be in the little
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ways to communicate but they favor at least two. When they are not with their group they are being adventurous. Dolphins love to explore and find new things such as movements and sounds. Their movements depend on the dolphin’s length and weight. The emotions and communication of dolphins are very uncommon in so many animals that people want to find out how smart and intelligent they really are. Dolphins are part of the family of toothed whales that includes orcas and ect. There are so many of these
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